Friends of ours are coming up from Maryland in a few weeks and we are trying to figure out a great lunch spot to take them. Many of our favorite places are not open for lunch. We are considering Bistrot La Minette and Village Whiskey at the moment, but I would love to see other ideas as well.Thanks for the help.

My wife and I just had a wonderful dinner at Vedge. I know this restaraunt has been covered before, but just wanted to say what a fantastic meal we had.We started with the For the Table sampler; Our three selections were Housemade Pickles, Green Olives, and Pickled Red and Green tomatoes. All three were excellent, although my personl favorite were the tomatoes, especially the red ones.We had 4 dishes from the Plates menu:Cauliflower saffron soup- Very nice dish, might have benefitted from a touch of sea salt, but was still quite good.Salt Roasted Golden Beets- Fantastic dish, my wife said that it has replaced the beets she had at Craft as her favorite beet dish ever.Summer Corn Salad- really great combination, especially loved the charred onion pieces.Shawarma style carrots- My favorite dish of the night. The lentils that accompanied the dish are the best I have ever had, I could easily sit down with a bowl of them and be completely happy.

We also had 3 dishes from the Dirt list:Chiogga beet pastrami- interesting dish that really did taste like pastrami. My wife and I agreed that we both thought it was interesting, but we probably wouldn't order it again.Brussel sprouts- fantastic dish, my wife actually slapped the wall next to her when she first tasted it, it was that good.Fingerling Fries with creamy worcestershire- Another wonderful dish. I could eat these every day and be extremely happy.

We both loved the service and atmosphere, as well as the food. Would gladly eat there again. Just as a note, I am a confirmed carnivore, not a vegetarian or vegan, but this food would satisfy anyone.

I could certainly substitute pancetta, but I would much prefer to find guanciale. I am going to the farmers market this weekend in Phila to find PorcSalt, their website lists guanciale as one of their products.

Henri Hotts is only about 10-15 minutes from my house, and we have eaten there several times. The food is good, although they favor a spicy barbeque sauce, and I prefer one that is slightly sweet. The meats were very tender and juicy though, with a good bark.

Man, Custard Castle. Every fishing trip I took with my dad to the shore we would stop there on the way home. Now I take my daughters there (I live about 20 minutes away). I get the vanilla (always my favorite), but my girls prefer chocolate.

I work just a few blocks up Kings Hwy and I was very excited when they opened. I went and got take out and I have to say I was very disappointed. A more limited menu than the Philadelphia location, and what I had was not very good. I will be going back, probably this coming week to see if it was just the problems almost every new restaurant goes through. I hope things are better, would be nice to have some good noodles near-by.

I am actually staying just down the street from Proctor's at the Hampton Inn. Last year some friends and I ate at a restaurant that was pretty nice a block or two from the train station and we enjoyed it, but I can't remember the name :(

I will be travelling to Schenectady (via train) in October and while most of my stay will be busy I will have my first night free. I am looking for a good restaurant for dinner that night. I would really like a fine dining or bistro type restaurant, but I wil happily accept any recommendation. Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.

Olga's Diner was closed several months ago by the state for non-payment of taxes. Also from the original list, Nasa's diner burned down years ago and was not rebuilt. The Diamond Diner in Cherry Hill was removed years ago to make way for a Walgreens. Ponzio's is the best diner remaining in the Cherry Hill area.

The name is Ariana. http://restaurantariana.com/It is an excellent restaurant. My family eats there often. They welcome my children there and treat everyone very nicely. The food is fabulous; even my oldest daughter, who is a super picky eater, loves the food and has asked to have her birthday dinner there.I would heartily reccomend it.

I get take out from there quite a bit. The staff is fantastic and so is the food. It is hard to beat their prices also. For a lunch box of bulgogi, you get the beef, rice, soup, various other items all for about $8.95. Never had anything from them that I didn't like.

I go to the H Mart quite frequently for Asian cooking supplies, and I sometimes get shrimp or butterfish there. While I like H Mart, sometimes I find their fish are not as fresh as I would like them to be.

I am looking for a good place to buy fish in South Jersey. I have been getting them at Whole Foods in Marlton, but I am not overly impressed with their selection and would like to branch out a bit. I live in Gloucester County and I am in easy driving distance of Atlantic City, Philly, Ocean City and anywhere in Camden, or Burlington counties. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

While this will only help one weekend a year :), in Cherry Hill the Little Servant Sisters of the Immaculate Conception http://www.geocities.com/lsic2006/ hold a carnival in the beginning of September every year. There is a ton of Polish food, Polish music and traditional Polish dancers. I grew up just a few blocks away and have been going to the carnival for as long as I can remember. Even now when I live in another county I make it a point to bring my kids to the carnival each year.